Tulip Festival

Yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to see the Tulip Festival in Ottawa for the first time. I've lived here for 4 years and I've never seen the beautiful tulips! They had the most amazing selection of tulips in the gardens by the waterfront and there were so many people there snapping pictures of all the colourful flowers. Take a peek at some of the pictures I grabbed while I was there.

These tulips remind me of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland!

Gorgeous houses like this one lined the area where all the tulips were. Dream house!

And lastly, there was this amazing street artist in the Byward Market working on this lovely drawing. It was so impressive! The market was bustling with visiting tourists. 

Help, I'm Alive

Do you dream of having perfect hair? What hairstyle would you rock? I personally would love to have this hair that was shown in April's issue of Glamour. Isn't it just perfect? This is the kind of hair I would want to sport all spring and summer long! It's super charming and it doesn't look like it took forever to style, like a mix of natural texture with a bit of help from a curling iron. Take a look below:

Spring Fever

It's hard to believe that spring will officially be here in just a few short weeks. I really hope that the snow lets up, it's been brutal here lately with all of the rain, ice and snow.  Yesterday wasn't too bad, but I'm not going to say anything more because I don't want to jinx it! Anyways, I've been working on a collage over at Polyvore for everything spring. Check it out!

spring by crookedelegance featuring a lace blouse

Love Like a Sunset

I can't believe March is here already! It's hard to believe because the city just got dumped with a huge pile of snow. February just flew by so fast, probably because of reading week and me being so busy with midterms and readings. I'm excited for March, it means that spring is just a few weeks away which means warmer weather and ditching that awful winter coat. I'm excited to break out my new trench coat that I bought from H&M not too long ago. I'll share some pictures soon!

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Taxi Cab

Spring makeup has been on my mind lately. As much as I love winter, the weather the city is experiencing is beyond pleasant. On Sunday, there was a high of -34c. Yes, you read that right. Brrr!

This picture was taken backstage from Tibi's Spring 2011 show. I love how the makeup this model is wearing is very minimal, but cute. It looks like she exfoliated her face before applying a light coat of foundation. Her upper lash line looks like its been coated with a thin layer of liquid liner before applying mascara to curled lashes and topping everything off by applying blush to the apples of her cheeks and a quick swipe of tinted gloss over her lips. It looks so effortless, but completely pulled together.

Break it Up, Shake it Up

Its hard to think about spring and summer fashion when we're caught in the middle of January in the freezing cold weather.  To combat the winter blues, just walking through the mall can help in getting in the mood of the warm breeze and sunshine.  While strolling through the mall yesterday with Jess, we were drooling over the spring pieces at Jacob and the Gap. I had to snap this picture of a super stylish mannequin at the Gap. This outfit is perfect.